Chapter 61 (1/2)

Chapter 61 – The Hero’s Circ.u.mstance (highlight)

「Haa haa, I finally…… found…, you! Haa…, this time, you won’t get away!」

「fue? (chew chew)」

The third time encountering the self-proclaimed Hero was beside a forest a ways away from the Royal Capital.

This was the follow day from which I first met the self-proclaimed Hero, I accepted a harvesting commission from the guild just as usual.

And so, I smoothly completed the commission, right now I’m at a place eating a bento I brought along.

「Did you go out of your way to chase me to this sort of place? (chew chew)」

Rather than persistent, rather than tenacious…, he’s difficult.1!

「I had a hard time finding you! I asked everywhere, I heard you took a commission so I came running over! How dare you make a fool out of me yesterday!!」

Good grief, please be quiet okay. Isn’t it ruining the taste of my meal?2

「Hero-sama~, please wai~t.」

The female harem members arrived late.

「And so, what sort of business do you have? (chew chew)」

「Stop eating! Listen to what have to say!!」

Isn’t it just listening? I can do it while eating though.

「How many times do I have to say it!? It’s my mission to defeat the Demon King!! Therefore, I need to defeat you!!」

「Oh my, what a tough mission ne. (chew chew, gulp)」

「I said stop eating! My mission will be completed if I defeat you, the Demon King!」

Even though I already said I wasn’t the Demon King…

「I understand, how about having a meal for the time being? You’ll become hot-tempered from being hungry you know. Please have a meal and calm down.」

「Shut up! Wait, you, what’s that bread!? Is that perhaps, a sandwich…?」

Oh?

「You know what a sandwich is?」3

There shouldn’t be sandwiches in this world. Rather, there isn’t any bread that can make sandwiches.

「I don’t just know about it, it’s a common food in my world. There’s nothing but hard bread in this world so I haven’t seen one you see. How come you have them?」

My world? This world…?

「Isn’t it obvious I made it myself? Can you tell me who else can make them?4」

Well, it can’t be helped even if the self-proclaimed Hero says it though.5

「More importantly, what do you mean by things such as ‘my world’ and ‘this world’?」

「Whyy do I have tell you that sort of thing?」

mu, if that’s the case…

「Well then, won’t you tell me if I give you this sandwich?」

A transaction. However, the self-proclaimed Hero was tough.

「I-I don’t need it! Why would a Demon King be interested to know that sort of thing!?」

「Even though it’s so tasty…. This one is crushed boiled eggs dressed with mayonnaise and mustard. *munch*… Too bad….」

Oh, he’s trembling ne. Shall I give him another push?

「This one here is a simple surface grilled bacon together with pepper and ketchup. The bacon’s saltiness matches well with tingling accent of the pepper you know.」

The self-proclaimed Hero’s eyes are glued to the sandwiches.

「And this sandwich has slices of chicken roasted together with herbs, with mustard and lettuce. I’m fairly confident with my work.Aah, but I can’t eat anymore since my stomach is full ne. I made slightly too many. Since I took the effort to make them, shall I have the gatekeepers

eat them on my way back…?」

Now, how about that?

「Tsk, it can’t be helped huh! That’ll be a waste so I’ll eat it okay!」

fu, that was easy ne… Even a self-proclaimed Hero will fall on their knees in front of delicious food! Delicious things are justice you know!

「fufu…. Well then, here you go?」

The self-proclaimed Hero timidly put the sandwich I gave him in his mouth. And then ate a mouthful…

「T-This is…!」

He opened his mouth a second time and took a large bite. He ate with amazing vigor.

It was consumed in a blink of an eye,

Without saying a single word, the self-proclaimed Hero ate up the remaining sandwiches.

The female lackeys dumbfoundedly watched on.

Finis.h.i.+ng his last mouthful, he drank the tea I gave him and finally took a breath to relax.6